Volume 17 (1868) (428 pages)

The Mining and Scientific Press. 7 U. 8. Bank lode, of Gold Hill is tnrning out some of the richest eilver ore ohtained in Colorado. Assays have been male all the way up to $3,948.10 per ton. A few daye ago, the owners delivered a quantity to Prof. Hill, and after erushingand sampluig, he reports it worth $340 per ton in coin. A run made hy Teats gave $180 per ton. DACOTAH. Sweetwater Mines, Inne 13th: Tozer aud Eddy have purchased a 6-stamp quartz mill of Jennings, Godbe, Lawrence and others, of Salt Lake, which will cost, wheu put up ond in runuing order, from 812,000 to $15,000, They will have the mill nnd two arastras in operation within 30 days. The mill and arastras will be run hy water power, and will be capable of working fifteen tons of ore per day. Tho mill was made at the Union Foundry, San Francisco, and although it has got but few stamps, is very perfect and complete in all its fittiugs. The stamps weigh 630 Ibs. ench. There is one Wheeler pan of the new style lately adapted to the use of gold quartz mills; also, one Belden sottler, and a Hendy eoncentrator. Roek Creek is paying from $8 to $12 per day to the hand, nnd yet the claims are liardly opened. The James Dwyer ledge near Atlantic City, contains some‘of the richest rock we have seen for x long time. There are six companies at work in Summit distri¢t. Water is scarce, not having enough this season to ground sluice, though they have a good head of 25 in. for sluice washing. From the results already ohtained, it is certain that from $6 to $10 per day can he made. IDAHO. Owyheo Aralanche, June 20th: The survey of the great tunnel to he run throngh War Englo Mouutain is xbout completed. The cntire length will be 8,067 feet, and its greatest depth from the surface 1,340 fect. Lesides a host of others it will penetrate 15 well-defined and good payiug ledges, among which are the Silver Cord, Poorman, War Tagle, Ida Elmore, Golden Chariot, and Ore Fino. Blake & Bro’s bullion assays for May, amonnts to $229,558, of which $128,518 is silver, and the remainder gold. The entire amonut of bullion assayed in camp for the two months ending May 31, is $378,688.23. The Woodstock Co. ave now down 40 ft. in their north shaft, below the tunnel level. At that depth the quartz is about three feet in width and loeks richer than ever. Seventy-five tons of tho oro are heing bhanled to tho Upper Sinker mill. ‘7 Yesterday, steam hoisting works avrived for the Poorman and Golden Chariot mines. ‘The Rising Star machinery has also arrived iu Flint. Two new discoveries liave been mado a short distance uorth cf the Oro Fino. One of them is three ft. in width and the other fonr, at the surface. The Flint correspondent writes: In tho Rising Star mino work is progressing with uuinterrupted vigor. Upwards of 200 tons of well-assorted rock ison the dump, which was taken out of the upper level where the ledge is still 20 ft. wide. The main shaft has been sunk to a depth of 120 ft., where a new level has beenstartedsouth. Atthis depth the ledge has heen penetrated to a width of about eight ft, showing an increased richness of ore and a remarkahle purity of metal, in most of whieh ruby silver predominates, Lewiston Jowrnal, May 30th: At Pierce City the miners are in hopes of having a fair season’s work. Water is yet plentiful, and the recent rainsand snow in the mountaius will aid the supply. Sameof Juno 6th: The Warren’s correspondent writing underdate of June3d, says: T understand that the Hie Jacet mill is to be eupplied with additional machinery and will eoon be running. The Williams & Maxwell has been undergoing improvements and is ready to crush quartz as soon as itcan be delivered at the mill. Considerable work hasbeen dono and much qnartz taken out on the Winfield Scott, Wolverino and Knott ledgos, but it has been impossible to get it to the mill. This difficulty is now obviated, as pack trains will transport it. Work is soon to be commenced on the Washington, and epecimens indicate it to * be very rich in silver. This ledge is loeated very near the Williams & Maxwell mill. Saveral new ledges have lately been etruek; ont called the Loche & Long, another called Kloneas; etill another etruck by Tom. Rockland, very rich in gold—as yet nameless, This ledgo is decomposed MONTANA. Post, Inne 12th : The far north mines of Libby Creek, concerning which there was so mneh excitement last year, now contains about 100 men, who aro working both iu the ereek and upon hars. Upon an average, they are doing uo better, if as well, as in this portion of Montana. We saw in the assay office of I’. Bohm, on Saturday, one of the tinest specimens of Montana gold that has ever existed in the eonntry. It eonsisted of a gold hrick weighing 136 ozs., aud worth $2,750. It ‘was’ noticeable on account of its great purity, the nssay showing it to be .975fine, or worth $20.25 to the ounce. A French company, consisting of three persons, working in Norwegian Gulch, lately took ont over $300, mostly in large nnggets, in one day;—$100 to tho man is fair diggings. About one week since Mr. Whitlach sold to Messrs. M. Upton and Hd. E. Walker, one-half of his 320 feet on the Discovery and adjoining elaims on the Park lodo. Over 300 pounds of silver hullion, valued at over $7,000 in currency, arrived at the First National Bank last night. This was the result of 11 day’e work by tho St. Louis: M. & M. Co’e mill, on about 70 tons of quartz from the Hope lode at Phillipsburg. Darah, Harris & Co., at Jeffersoau Gulch, are doing still better upon their claim than previously reported. ‘hei: last clean up for au eight days’ run with four men working during the day time and three during tho night, yielded 71 ozs. of gold, or at the rate of nearly $25 per day to the man. The quartz in the Last Chance is now three feet thiek. The Dead Beat Co, in Washiugton Guleh, avo doing well. A party just above them is taking out from $7 to $10 per day to the hand. One of the finest mill runs of the season, is a large and heautifnl mass of retort at tho assay oflico of Molitor Bros., which, when melted, resulted in a brick weighing 430.35 ozs., and worth $6,410.47. This lump was the result of the last rnn iu the Union mill, during a period of six days with 12 stamps. The Silver Bow correspondent writes: J am certainly within bounds in stating that over $30,000 per week is being takeu out of the mines in our vicinity, and the amount conld easily bo doubled with water on grounds that our preseut ditches cannot command. A few days sinee one of the claims in tho main gulch, just above Rocker City, presented its owner with a nugget of almost pure gold, weighing 21 ozs., 5 pwts. NEVADA. . Esameralda. Aurora Union, Juno 20th: Gov. Blasdel has been spending several days iu Aurora and vicinity, examining the mines. He has purehased the Homestake mill and miue at Bodie. W. M. Boring, recently from Hot Springs, gives the following from that locality: The Dozier Metallurgical Co. will commence operations. again with their smelting furnace in a short time. Messrs. Williams & Wickland will start their furnace again in abont a week. They have discovered a ledge of almost pure feldspar, which stands fire better thuu any available substance yet dizcovered, not excepting English fire bricks. They have ascertained that this material, when taken from the ledge deep enough to get it perfectly solid, will stand the heat as long as they may wish to use it. Dozier & Co, are refitting their furnace with the same material. Reese River. Austin Reveille, Juue 11th; We received yesterday a box of specimens from the Mammoth district. The specimens were obtained from the ledges recently discovered in the weetern part of the district, about four miles from the town of Ellsworth. Some of the ores are largely gold-bearing, in othere silver predominates, aud in others again both of the metals occur iu equal proportions. Decidedly the iinest samples are from the Marble Valls ledge, and the first and second northwest exteusions of that ledge. ‘The assays of the ore, as specified on the labels, range from $300 to $3,000 per ton ; and one sample of the soft, friable etnff, is marked as yielding hy assay $6,000 in gold per ton. recently opened to the depth of 10 ft. on the Marble Falls ledge, in which the white portion of the quartz was thickly studded with free gold ; and some parts of the decomposed ore are said to be immensely rich. In a number of ‘horn ests” the yield of quartz, aud from ono pan of the ore one dollar of free gold was extracted. Several arastras are in course of construction, one by Long Brothers and two! by Bemis. fine gold ranged from 25 cts. to $6; the former being the ordinary result of tho ore takeu from almost any place along the ledge for the distance of 600 ft., where the ore is characterized as decomposed iron pyritee. June 16th : Yesterday a small lot of gold Two rich chimneys were . from the Goose Creek diggings, was brought into tho city and deposited. It contained 37 ozs., worth $12.75 an oz., making the whole value $48£.50. The gold was proeured from a placer, lit wo did not Icarn the uaic of the claim, June 22d: On Saturday evening 15 bars of bullion, averaging .700 fine, aud valued at $15,410.27, were bronght into the city from the mill of the Combination Co. and shipped to the office of the company in New ork, The hullion produced by the mill of the Combination Co. at Silver Bend, from the 20th of February to the 18th instant, nmonnted to upwards of $161,000. We were shown to-day a certificate by . Boalt & Stetefeldtof an assay of the pulp of one ton of ore from the Park ledgo in the Reveille district, which gave a yield of $818.45 per ton. The oro was reduced at the Manhattan mill. In White Pine district 2 Mr. Lindsey has sold 250 ft, in tho Aurora claim on Troasuro Hill for $2,500 ; and William MeCauley has sold 200 ft. in the same claim and 245 ft. in an extension of the Hidden Treasure to parties in this city, consideration not given, June 23d: We saw this afternoou at David Lundbom’s assay office two small bars of bullion weighing 1,275 ozs,, .970 fine, and valued at $1,601. ‘They were the prodnet of ore from the Hidden Treasure ledge. Silver Bend Reporter, June 20th: The owners of the Silver Queeu still push work upon that elaim, A depth of 35 ft. has been reached upon the vertical shaft now sinking, which is evidently near tho lode. At the distance of 20 ft. in the uew south level on the North El Dorado, a body of exceedingly rich sulphuret ore about two ft. thick has heen eucountered, several tons of which is uow extracted daily. In tho sonth iucline of the Arizona ledge at a depth of 50 ft. a®stratum of rich ore about two ft. thick Las been disclosed near the hanging wall. Quite a quantity of it -has been hrought to the surface, and it is said, will yield largely. Good ore is coming fromthe Arizona and Vulcan mine on Arizona Hill, June 24th: At Rattlesnake Cafion all is bustle and activity. Jo. Williams has a fine ledge in the edge of the valley, from which he is now taking excellent ore. The Wyoming, of Gillett & Clark, has been’sunk upon for 50 ft. and is still as rich as ever. Col. Raymoud is sinking a shaft upon the portion purchased of Gillett & Clark, with favorablo prospects, and will erect a mill as soen as sufficient developments havo been made, Trem all appearances Hot Creek will soon be the liveliest district. iu Nye eouuty. A day or two since, at Cahill Bros’ assay office, wesaw a beautiful bar of silver cast from ernde bullion from Columbus district. Its valne was $1,000, and it was produced from a ton anda half of ore worked in an arastra, The 10-stamp mill at Hot Creek was started up on Monday, on ore from Morey district, a fine lot of which is on haud. The Old Dominion mill, in Hot Creek Cafion is to he rebuilt immediately. Washoe. [In the Stock Cireular, in another portion of this paper, will bo found late miuing news from this district. . Virginia Enterprise, June 25th: The Alpha Cons. Co. at Gold Hill, yesterday levied an assessment of $15 per ehare on its capital stock. The Savage Co, have removod two heavy boilers from their old works to thcir new oues, where they are heing set up for use. P June 27th ; The totalshipmeut of bullion during the past week from this city and Gold Hill, was 11,962 pounds, worth $287,878.75. ; Day before yesterday a cave of considerable extent occurred in that portion of the old works of the Savage mine, near Bstreet, which is being worked by Patten & Co, June 30th : An accident to the guides iu the Imperial-Empire shaft last Friday afternoon, puta stop to bailing withthe hoisting tanks for several hours, and the water rose over the track iu the drift to the hight of four feet. : Gold Hill News, June 23d: The Cole, at Virginia, find their lead of rich ore, recently struck iu their valuable miue, increasing in width as it is deeper developed. They are taking out 40 or 50 tons, in order to get it milled and test its true value. Judging from assays, it onght to yield over $300 to the ton. There was shipped from Wells, Furgo & Co’s Gold Hill office this morning, 14 sacks of bullion, weighing 1,053 pounds, and of the assayed valne of $31,133.98. Jnne 26th: Thero was shipped from Wells, Fargo & Co’s Gold Hill office this morning, 11 sacks of bullion, yeighing 900 pounds, aud of the assayed value of $23,362.95. Jnue_ 2th: Thero was shipped from Wells, Pargo & Co's’ Gold Hill offico this morning, seven sacks of bullion, weighing 400 ponnds, and of the assayed yaluo of $11,692.36, OREGON. Jacksonvillo Sentine?, June 13th: Mr. H. Helms recently showed ns a gold specimen from the Timber Guleh lead worth $19.50. The specimen is a pecutiar looking piece, about two inches long nnd threeeighths of aninch thick. It hasthenppearanco of heing drawn out like wire and in that shapo emhedded in quartz. When it was found the quartz fell off from tho gold . and left it exposed in one solid piece. Mr. L. Zeigler, in his claim on Jackson Creek, is taking rich pay from what has heretofore beeu considered bed-rock, obtaining therefrom as high as an ounce of gold from one pan of dirt. ‘The Eugene City Guard says: We have heeu shown specimens of silver-bearing quartz, takeu from a ledge just discovered 40 miles from Eugene City. The specimens wero taken from the outsido of the ledge, and from an assay it was estimated that it would yield, at the lowest caleulation, $500 por ton. Tue CuinrsE Empire appears to be approaching a state of dissolution. The insurrection in the central provinces, which has been in progrese for so long a time, is as vigorous as ever, while the principal movers therein do not appear to have any definite object or policyinview. Province after province seeme to go into revolt; and recent rumors nre to the effect that disturbances of n serious magnitude are taking place on the extreme western borders of the Empire. Jwussia and England nre° evidently making preparatione to take advantago of whatever may happen. The former will he prepared, when the proper time comes, to increase her already overgrowu possessions by slices from the northern nnd western portions of the Empire, with the view of ultimately securing the}shore of the Sea of Japan. England ‘already has a corps of engineers seeking for a railroad route across the southwestern portion of China, with the view of connectiug tle headwaters of the Bramahpootraand Yangtso ~ Qiang rivers with a railroad, and thereby establishing direct overland steam communication betweeu Calcutta ond Shanghai, Such a route would shorten the distance hetweeu those two cities by more than onehalf, or nearly 2,000 miles ; and by ayoiding the dangers of the China Sea, and the necessity for doubling the peninsula of Siam, would prove a powerful competition with our overland railroad for the European travol hetween Western Europe and China. Should such probabilities appear to approach an early and definite accomplishment, our own government should not stand by as an idle and unconcerned epectator. The true policy forthe United States is to encourage a permanent native government, so divested of its exclusiveness ae to admit of free commercial relations with all the world. It is to be hoped that the present comniission, of which our distinguished countryman is at the head, may lead to euch a result. A Monsrer Cannon has recently beeu presented by the Sultan of Turkey to Queeu Victoria. It has heen placed in the Woolwich Arsenal. Several balls accompany it made of granito aud weighing 650 pounds each. They are similar to those described in Gihhon’s ‘‘Qiso and Fall of the Roman Empire,” as being nsed by Mahomet I. at the siege of Adrianople iu 1453. Buicut.—There are indications that the pear crop in this vicinity will suffer eeverely from the blight. The early crop is nearly all more or loss affected ; it is hoped that the later varicties may measurably escape. We presume the savans of the Academy of Sciences will endeavor to seek out the eause for this evil, aud, if possible, suggest a romedy.

The Mining and Scientific Press. 7 U. 8. Bank lode, of Gold Hill is tnrning out some of the richest eilver ore ohtained in Colorado. Assays have been male all the way up to $3,948.10 per ton. A few daye ago, the owners delivered a quantity to Prof. Hill, and after erushingand sampluig, he reports it worth $340 per ton in coin. A run made hy Teats gave $180 per ton. DACOTAH. Sweetwater Mines, Inne 13th: Tozer aud Eddy have purchased a 6-stamp quartz mill of Jennings, Godbe, Lawrence and others, of Salt Lake, which will cost, wheu put up ond in runuing order, from 812,000 to $15,000, They will have the mill nnd two arastras in operation within 30 days. The mill and arastras will be run hy water power, and will be capable of working fifteen tons of ore per day. Tho mill was made at the Union Foundry, San Francisco, and although it has got but few stamps, is very perfect and complete in all its fittiugs. The stamps weigh 630 Ibs. ench. There is one Wheeler pan of the new style lately adapted to the use of gold quartz mills; also, one Belden sottler, and a Hendy eoncentrator. Roek Creek is paying from $8 to $12 per day to the hand, nnd yet the claims are liardly opened. The James Dwyer ledge near Atlantic City, contains some‘of the richest rock we have seen for x long time. There are six companies at work in Summit distri¢t. Water is scarce, not having enough this season to ground sluice, though they have a good head of 25 in. for sluice washing. From the results already ohtained, it is certain that from $6 to $10 per day can he made. IDAHO. Owyheo Aralanche, June 20th: The survey of the great tunnel to he run throngh War Englo Mouutain is xbout completed. The cntire length will be 8,067 feet, and its greatest depth from the surface 1,340 fect. Lesides a host of others it will penetrate 15 well-defined and good payiug ledges, among which are the Silver Cord, Poorman, War Tagle, Ida Elmore, Golden Chariot, and Ore Fino. Blake & Bro’s bullion assays for May, amonnts to $229,558, of which $128,518 is silver, and the remainder gold. The entire amonut of bullion assayed in camp for the two months ending May 31, is $378,688.23. The Woodstock Co. ave now down 40 ft. in their north shaft, below the tunnel level. At that depth the quartz is about three feet in width and loeks richer than ever. Seventy-five tons of tho oro are heing bhanled to tho Upper Sinker mill. ‘7 Yesterday, steam hoisting works avrived for the Poorman and Golden Chariot mines. ‘The Rising Star machinery has also arrived iu Flint. Two new discoveries liave been mado a short distance uorth cf the Oro Fino. One of them is three ft. in width and the other fonr, at the surface. The Flint correspondent writes: In tho Rising Star mino work is progressing with uuinterrupted vigor. Upwards of 200 tons of well-assorted rock ison the dump, which was taken out of the upper level where the ledge is still 20 ft. wide. The main shaft has been sunk to a depth of 120 ft., where a new level has beenstartedsouth. Atthis depth the ledge has heen penetrated to a width of about eight ft, showing an increased richness of ore and a remarkahle purity of metal, in most of whieh ruby silver predominates, Lewiston Jowrnal, May 30th: At Pierce City the miners are in hopes of having a fair season’s work. Water is yet plentiful, and the recent rainsand snow in the mountaius will aid the supply. Sameof Juno 6th: The Warren’s correspondent writing underdate of June3d, says: T understand that the Hie Jacet mill is to be eupplied with additional machinery and will eoon be running. The Williams & Maxwell has been undergoing improvements and is ready to crush quartz as soon as itcan be delivered at the mill. Considerable work hasbeen dono and much qnartz taken out on the Winfield Scott, Wolverino and Knott ledgos, but it has been impossible to get it to the mill. This difficulty is now obviated, as pack trains will transport it. Work is soon to be commenced on the Washington, and epecimens indicate it to * be very rich in silver. This ledge is loeated very near the Williams & Maxwell mill. Saveral new ledges have lately been etruek; ont called the Loche & Long, another called Kloneas; etill another etruck by Tom. Rockland, very rich in gold—as yet nameless, This ledgo is decomposed MONTANA. Post, Inne 12th : The far north mines of Libby Creek, concerning which there was so mneh excitement last year, now contains about 100 men, who aro working both iu the ereek and upon hars. Upon an average, they are doing uo better, if as well, as in this portion of Montana. We saw in the assay office of I’. Bohm, on Saturday, one of the tinest specimens of Montana gold that has ever existed in the eonntry. It eonsisted of a gold hrick weighing 136 ozs., aud worth $2,750. It ‘was’ noticeable on account of its great purity, the nssay showing it to be .975fine, or worth $20.25 to the ounce. A French company, consisting of three persons, working in Norwegian Gulch, lately took ont over $300, mostly in large nnggets, in one day;—$100 to tho man is fair diggings. About one week since Mr. Whitlach sold to Messrs. M. Upton and Hd. E. Walker, one-half of his 320 feet on the Discovery and adjoining elaims on the Park lodo. Over 300 pounds of silver hullion, valued at over $7,000 in currency, arrived at the First National Bank last night. This was the result of 11 day’e work by tho St. Louis: M. & M. Co’e mill, on about 70 tons of quartz from the Hope lode at Phillipsburg. Darah, Harris & Co., at Jeffersoau Gulch, are doing still better upon their claim than previously reported. ‘hei: last clean up for au eight days’ run with four men working during the day time and three during tho night, yielded 71 ozs. of gold, or at the rate of nearly $25 per day to the man. The quartz in the Last Chance is now three feet thiek. The Dead Beat Co, in Washiugton Guleh, avo doing well. A party just above them is taking out from $7 to $10 per day to the hand. One of the finest mill runs of the season, is a large and heautifnl mass of retort at tho assay oflico of Molitor Bros., which, when melted, resulted in a brick weighing 430.35 ozs., and worth $6,410.47. This lump was the result of the last rnn iu the Union mill, during a period of six days with 12 stamps. The Silver Bow correspondent writes: J am certainly within bounds in stating that over $30,000 per week is being takeu out of the mines in our vicinity, and the amount conld easily bo doubled with water on grounds that our preseut ditches cannot command. A few days sinee one of the claims in tho main gulch, just above Rocker City, presented its owner with a nugget of almost pure gold, weighing 21 ozs., 5 pwts. NEVADA. . Esameralda. Aurora Union, Juno 20th: Gov. Blasdel has been spending several days iu Aurora and vicinity, examining the mines. He has purehased the Homestake mill and miue at Bodie. W. M. Boring, recently from Hot Springs, gives the following from that locality: The Dozier Metallurgical Co. will commence operations. again with their smelting furnace in a short time. Messrs. Williams & Wickland will start their furnace again in abont a week. They have discovered a ledge of almost pure feldspar, which stands fire better thuu any available substance yet dizcovered, not excepting English fire bricks. They have ascertained that this material, when taken from the ledge deep enough to get it perfectly solid, will stand the heat as long as they may wish to use it. Dozier & Co, are refitting their furnace with the same material. Reese River. Austin Reveille, Juue 11th; We received yesterday a box of specimens from the Mammoth district. The specimens were obtained from the ledges recently discovered in the weetern part of the district, about four miles from the town of Ellsworth. Some of the ores are largely gold-bearing, in othere silver predominates, aud in others again both of the metals occur iu equal proportions. Decidedly the iinest samples are from the Marble Valls ledge, and the first and second northwest exteusions of that ledge. ‘The assays of the ore, as specified on the labels, range from $300 to $3,000 per ton ; and one sample of the soft, friable

etnff, is marked as yielding hy assay $6,000 in gold per ton. recently opened to the depth of 10 ft. on the Marble Falls ledge, in which the white portion of the quartz was thickly studded with free gold ; and some parts of the decomposed ore are said to be immensely rich. In a number of ‘horn ests” the yield of quartz, aud from ono pan of the ore one dollar of free gold was extracted. Several arastras are in course of construction, one by Long Brothers and two! by Bemis. fine gold ranged from 25 cts. to $6; the former being the ordinary result of tho ore takeu from almost any place along the ledge for the distance of 600 ft., where the ore is characterized as decomposed iron pyritee. June 16th : Yesterday a small lot of gold Two rich chimneys were . from the Goose Creek diggings, was brought into tho city and deposited. It contained 37 ozs., worth $12.75 an oz., making the whole value $48£.50. The gold was proeured from a placer, lit wo did not Icarn the uaic of the claim, June 22d: On Saturday evening 15 bars of bullion, averaging .700 fine, aud valued at $15,410.27, were bronght into the city from the mill of the Combination Co. and shipped to the office of the company in New ork, The hullion produced by the mill of the Combination Co. at Silver Bend, from the 20th of February to the 18th instant, nmonnted to upwards of $161,000. We were shown to-day a certificate by . Boalt & Stetefeldtof an assay of the pulp of one ton of ore from the Park ledgo in the Reveille district, which gave a yield of $818.45 per ton. The oro was reduced at the Manhattan mill. In White Pine district 2 Mr. Lindsey has sold 250 ft, in tho Aurora claim on Troasuro Hill for $2,500 ; and William MeCauley has sold 200 ft. in the same claim and 245 ft. in an extension of the Hidden Treasure to parties in this city, consideration not given, June 23d: We saw this afternoou at David Lundbom’s assay office two small bars of bullion weighing 1,275 ozs,, .970 fine, and valued at $1,601. ‘They were the prodnet of ore from the Hidden Treasure ledge. Silver Bend Reporter, June 20th: The owners of the Silver Queeu still push work upon that elaim, A depth of 35 ft. has been reached upon the vertical shaft now sinking, which is evidently near tho lode. At the distance of 20 ft. in the uew south level on the North El Dorado, a body of exceedingly rich sulphuret ore about two ft. thick has heen eucountered, several tons of which is uow extracted daily. In tho sonth iucline of the Arizona ledge at a depth of 50 ft. a®stratum of rich ore about two ft. thick Las been disclosed near the hanging wall. Quite a quantity of it -has been hrought to the surface, and it is said, will yield largely. Good ore is coming fromthe Arizona and Vulcan mine on Arizona Hill, June 24th: At Rattlesnake Cafion all is bustle and activity. Jo. Williams has a fine ledge in the edge of the valley, from which he is now taking excellent ore. The Wyoming, of Gillett & Clark, has been’sunk upon for 50 ft. and is still as rich as ever. Col. Raymoud is sinking a shaft upon the portion purchased of Gillett & Clark, with favorablo prospects, and will erect a mill as soen as sufficient developments havo been made, Trem all appearances Hot Creek will soon be the liveliest district. iu Nye eouuty. A day or two since, at Cahill Bros’ assay office, wesaw a beautiful bar of silver cast from ernde bullion from Columbus district. Its valne was $1,000, and it was produced from a ton anda half of ore worked in an arastra, The 10-stamp mill at Hot Creek was started up on Monday, on ore from Morey district, a fine lot of which is on haud. The Old Dominion mill, in Hot Creek Cafion is to he rebuilt immediately. Washoe. [In the Stock Cireular, in another portion of this paper, will bo found late miuing news from this district. . Virginia Enterprise, June 25th: The Alpha Cons. Co. at Gold Hill, yesterday levied an assessment of $15 per ehare on its capital stock. The Savage Co, have removod two heavy boilers from their old works to thcir new oues, where they are heing set up for use. P June 27th ; The totalshipmeut of bullion during the past week from this city and Gold Hill, was 11,962 pounds, worth $287,878.75. ; Day before yesterday a cave of considerable extent occurred in that portion of the old works of the Savage mine, near Bstreet, which is being worked by Patten & Co, June 30th : An accident to the guides iu the Imperial-Empire shaft last Friday afternoon, puta stop to bailing withthe hoisting tanks for several hours, and the water rose over the track iu the drift to the hight of four feet. : Gold Hill News, June 23d: The Cole, at Virginia, find their lead of rich ore, recently struck iu their valuable miue, increasing in width as it is deeper developed. They are taking out 40 or 50 tons, in order to get it milled and test its true value. Judging from assays, it onght to yield over $300 to the ton. There was shipped from Wells, Furgo & Co’s Gold Hill office this morning, 14 sacks of bullion, weighing 1,053 pounds, and of the assayed valne of $31,133.98. Jnne 26th: Thero was shipped from Wells, Fargo & Co’s Gold Hill office this morning, 11 sacks of bullion, yeighing 900 pounds, aud of the assayed value of $23,362.95. Jnue_ 2th: Thero was shipped from Wells, Pargo & Co's’ Gold Hill offico this morning, seven sacks of bullion, weighing 400 ponnds, and of the assayed yaluo of $11,692.36, OREGON. Jacksonvillo Sentine?, June 13th: Mr. H. Helms recently showed ns a gold specimen from the Timber Guleh lead worth $19.50. The specimen is a pecutiar looking piece, about two inches long nnd threeeighths of aninch thick. It hasthenppearanco of heing drawn out like wire and in that shapo emhedded in quartz. When it was found the quartz fell off from tho gold . and left it exposed in one solid piece. Mr. L. Zeigler, in his claim on Jackson Creek, is taking rich pay from what has heretofore beeu considered bed-rock, obtaining therefrom as high as an ounce of gold from one pan of dirt. ‘The Eugene City Guard says: We have heeu shown specimens of silver-bearing quartz, takeu from a ledge just discovered 40 miles from Eugene City. The specimens wero taken from the outsido of the ledge, and from an assay it was estimated that it would yield, at the lowest caleulation, $500 por ton. Tue CuinrsE Empire appears to be approaching a state of dissolution. The insurrection in the central provinces, which has been in progrese for so long a time, is as vigorous as ever, while the principal movers therein do not appear to have any definite object or policyinview. Province after province seeme to go into revolt; and recent rumors nre to the effect that disturbances of n serious magnitude are taking place on the extreme western borders of the Empire. Jwussia and England nre° evidently making preparatione to take advantago of whatever may happen. The former will he prepared, when the proper time comes, to increase her already overgrowu possessions by slices from the northern nnd western portions of the Empire, with the view of ultimately securing the}shore of the Sea of Japan. England ‘already has a corps of engineers seeking for a railroad route across the southwestern portion of China, with the view of connectiug tle headwaters of the Bramahpootraand Yangtso ~ Qiang rivers with a railroad, and thereby establishing direct overland steam communication betweeu Calcutta ond Shanghai, Such a route would shorten the distance hetweeu those two cities by more than onehalf, or nearly 2,000 miles ; and by ayoiding the dangers of the China Sea, and the necessity for doubling the peninsula of Siam, would prove a powerful competition with our overland railroad for the European travol hetween Western Europe and China. Should such probabilities appear to approach an early and definite accomplishment, our own government should not stand by as an idle and unconcerned epectator. The true policy forthe United States is to encourage a permanent native government, so divested of its exclusiveness ae to admit of free commercial relations with all the world. It is to be hoped that the present comniission, of which our distinguished countryman is at the head, may lead to euch a result. A Monsrer Cannon has recently beeu presented by the Sultan of Turkey to Queeu Victoria. It has heen placed in the Woolwich Arsenal. Several balls accompany it made of granito aud weighing 650 pounds each. They are similar to those described in Gihhon’s ‘‘Qiso and Fall of the Roman Empire,” as being nsed by Mahomet I. at the siege of Adrianople iu 1453. Buicut.—There are indications that the pear crop in this vicinity will suffer eeverely from the blight. The early crop is nearly all more or loss affected ; it is hoped that the later varicties may measurably escape. We presume the savans of the Academy of Sciences will endeavor to seek out the eause for this evil, aud, if possible, suggest a romedy.